Kolski and Marcia picked us up at hotel at 8:30 for one hour drive to Yevpatoria on the coast of Black Sea. Mulberry has group home there. It is a former government kindergarten building that is being converted into four family units for families housing foster children. Three units are completed and one is under construction. We went to the incomplete one first. The guys who had been there a year ago couldn't believe how much improvement there was. As a new comer I couldnt believe how far they had to go. But then we visited the families in the other three units and they were amazing! These apartments have 5-7 bedrooms and they are imaculate. One family has 8 children, one has 9 and one has 11. They are fantastic. All three families have different approaches to parenting and different issues involved but they are all great.
We took a break at lunch and went to the coast to walk around a local vacation spot on the Black Sea. It was the Ukrainian version of Hilton Head or Mrytle Beach. Then we ate at unigue Russian restraunt with a Dinosaur head on the roof. It was cafe style with Russian memorabilla on the walls that more or less told Russian history.
We went back to visit some more with the families and then Kolski had to leave and so we caught a bus at the bus station for the ride home. I have now experienced it all planes, trains, automobiles and buses in the Ukraine.
Tomorrow we make a trip to central market area, back to Project Sasha and then out on street patrol tomorrow night!
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